Schlangen

Schlangen
Municipality
Village place in central Schlangen with the municipal office and police station
Coat of arms
Location of Schlangen within Lippe district
Schlangen Show map of Germany Schlangen Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 51°49′00″N08°49′59″E / 51.81667°N 8.83306°E / 51.81667; 8.83306
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Detmold
District	Lippe
Government
•  Mayor (2020–25)	Marcus Püster [1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	75.97 km2 (29.33 sq mi)
Elevation	169 m (554 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31) [2]
• Total	9,391
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	33189
Dialling codes	05252
Vehicle registration	LIP
Website	www.schlangen-online.de

Schlangen is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Schlangen has about 9,000 inhabitants (2013) and enjoys relative prosperity. Located a few kilometers away from Detmold, the municipality stretches from the edge of the sandy Sea ^{[ clarification needed ]} to the mountain course of the Teutoburger forest southern slope. Schlangen is located in the time zone Central European Standard Time.

Politics

The town council of Schlangen consists of 26 members:

Parties and voter communities		% 2014	seats 2014
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	36,68	10
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	43,80	11
FDP	Free Democratic Party (Germany)	7,14	2
GRÜNE	Alliance '90/The Greens	12,38	3
Total		100,0	26
Poll in %		63,1

(conditions: Local election 2014)

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Schlangen: ^[3]

• Viitasaari, Central Finland, since 1999

References

1. Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW . Retrieved 2024-06-20.
3. "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Finnish). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

External links

• Official website (in German)